School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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- Chilblains:- 1. Paraffin oil. C. Delaney
2 Tops of crab trees + boil sleep finger in water T. Regan
3 Steep in water in which parsnips were boiled
4 Rub with cream of goat's milk
5 Dip fingers affected in water collected on cows droppings in field - T Regan
6 Rub with mutton suet
7 Melt Pigs lard + mix with mustard
8 Steep in water in which potatoes were boiled - Ring Worm. Blue stone and lard.
Sting. Blue
Sting of Nettle:- Get a capog and rub it in saying "Dalkin Dalkin in and out take the sting of the nettle out."
Measles. "Red nettle boiled in milk."
Wart: Clay off heel of boot when moon is full. - Rickets:- Split a young ash + put child through opening
- Informant
- J.O' Rourke
- Address
- Rathaldron, Co. Meath